Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-09
TIL FEEDING: OF INFANTS.
A New Jersey Doctor who thinks he
has Successfully Solved the Problem.

Ut. AiDerI H. Leeus, q. HCDOhtn, n. j., mas pre-
sented the section OF diseases OF children al inter
e,iing paper on 'The Scientific Basis OF the Nutri
ton Oh Infants:
II desire to engage the attention OF the congress
upon tnis subject, both account CT It's intrinsic
vital Importance. and because l believe that tho
existence OF a scientific basis for the nutrition OF
Infants mas been satisfactorily established. This
paramount importance Is Shown by the tate 9,
Infants Under present conditions OF nutritiOn-oui
OF every one hundred infants led on mothers u.!E
statistics show that about eight de at the end OF
the hist year; out OF one hundred wet nulSeJ
eighteen die, and out OF one huaired led On "ii,-
faht FOODS" Gfty-one die, Or more than One-halr,
aie ny tne enc o. t!ie hrst year. tue OASIS which
lay before you was proposed as ;he result OF an
Investigation mad. upon ali tnfal. fools at the
time In use, the conclusion arrived at being pub
1sned In the TRANSACTIONS uf tie College Of Physi-
Clans OF Philadelphia !nr the .GoEta OF May, 1883.
found that all tLese foods, Whatever might b.
their maine or pretensons, belonged t. que or tue
either hour, pla!u, baked, or cooked; Or
they were sugar adniixcd with cereals
In some form. the so-calied Lebig's foods.
The great mortality among l:.IaHLS usiug
these foods have already spoken o., aud the re;,.
son is obvious; they are physologically as u:i-
suited 10 the nutrition OF numau iI;tnt as yra.s
and hay are to the nutrition OF Calf deprived OF
cows m.la. Grass and hay consist OF Certain veg
eta0le a0ers, starches, sugars, fats, ard aleunin
digestive apparatus Oh the calf, and It's inoJaer
GOES Tor 1t The work OF digestion. Thereby these
vegetables are Transformed and elaborated by tae
more perfect machinery OF the adult animal into
secretion which contains food previously dige5ted
and capable OF aGOrdi!g instant nutrition 70 the
call. The same relation exists between the food
OF the human mother and the mothers milk. The
latter, like the cows milk, contains 10 vegetable
sugars, but Instead, animal sugar. which is body
essentially di1ereht In its nutrittve functions from
cane sugar and grape sugar. 1t contains, more
over, not vegetable but animal caseine, which is
likewise different.
Tho Animal or milk sugar of cows milk is tden-
ttcai Win Tie animal sugar OF molhers milk, aud
the fact Is practically the same. But such Ii not
the case with the caseine. the hard curl which
COWS milk 1orhs being tndigasttbie by u human
infant Moreover, :ae amount or Gasoline In cows
milk is nearly twice that In mothers milk. 10
all the varieties OF infant foods. They are in
tended to prevent the formation OF these hard
ciots by keeping asunder the PARTICLES OF caseine
by means OF starch, dextrtne, sugar. &C.
IL became evident. in the course OF experiment.
lag with these ln1ahi foods and from considera-
ton OF the terrible mortality attendant upon their
use, that new departure was urgently called for.
Accordingly. four Years ago l proposed That we
should abandon Artificial foods altogether. pu-
pared ios Infants deprived OF mothers milk, milk
to which gave the name OF human1zed, since !
found that It was as far as could DC
ascer iainsd, the same IN composition an1
properties as mothers milk. AS q Foundation
Tor this work, made analyses Of eighty SAMPLES
OF mothers MIX. They varied greatly In conl2o-
sitiOn WIN Inc age temperament, physical health,
position came u be cou. JARED VITA that u cows
mix, certain facts st.'od out very prominently
fney WeTe, uIots tnaC the amounts OF sugar and
tat in mothers were much greater than iii cows
milk; second: that the caceine was much less;
THIRD, that tue nature and proportions Of TIE ash
were not the -. SAM. But the most important
difference was In the nferp1: digest !bi;!ty VI the
casl:ite OF the cows mix. Al TIE tine tast was
engaged upon this research the treatment Of
cows milk With ar!tfcla!!y prepared pancrcat;c
extract, IN order to convert The caseine into 9
soluble Feieor. was being largely It,ortst To.
wa, aware OF this fact aud Ut tha e. pc. tcnJs Of
Dr. Roberts. OF England, upon THIS subject. Bu,
o. that uiae NJ Que, So TAR as ! tn aware
OF, had studied the relative character o;
such 2ept0nized case!ne and the case;.;e III
laoiiisrs' mllk On making such an inves.i Il i.,pa
iadad S..t " prnpsf:i:s and te>.s t6a t&o 0,iiss
behaved 10 precisely Lbs haine naunsr Filming
that tue distinguished pharmaceutical cas.,.isL
Mr. B. L. FNr:alid, 70 who's. knwiedxe ana ski;
tho eolploymen5 u paucr.m:tys extract ia thi.
country ana IN England Is principally due. could
| prcpafe tryiEc ter,ucn: waon co0it be reited
upon With eet:aialy 70 eject t:,c desired change
10 :o*s misS. ! made tois tf,ptic Tsrmens t:.s
Issis OF tae so ,; psptosslic powder 3,
d;IuIlng c0"s milk With siao requisite quantity Of
water tls percentage OF cay.ine Is lowered t. tue
same amount as Ia Mothers' milk. BY the addition
| OF cream the percentage OF tat IL adjusted, and
peptogen1c mixture does the remainder. ThS
shuHAnlzed m1lk' thus prepared has ALREADY beeI